Democrats are looking at a new strategy after Trump's victory

The Democratic Party appears to be in limbo after an unexpected election victory by the Republican Party; The Republicans won back the White House with the re-election of Donald Trump, and they will also control the House of Representatives and the US Senate. This Republican trifecta means that for the first time since 2019, Democrats will no longer control any branch of government.

While Democrats have been pointing fingers since the loss of Vice President Kamala Harris, many within the party are looking for a new path forward. According to most experts, there appears to be a two-pronged strategy: opposing President-elect Trump while looking for ways to win back working-class voters who largely shunned the Democratic Party at the ballot box.

Many Democrats “are trying to build their second wave of opposition to Trump from the places they still control: deep blue states,” according to The New York Times. In places like Illinois, New York and California, Democrats are considering “using their power in these states to partially block the Trump administration’s policies — for example, by refusing to enforce immigration laws.” Democratic governors have also proposed “passing state laws that enshrine abortion rights, fund paid leave and establish a laundry list of other party priorities.”

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Democrats “need to be clear about some hard truths in the election night results,” Jen Psaki, President Biden’s former White House press secretary, said on MSNBC. Trump achieved victory largely because turnout for the Democratic Party was lower. Psaki “(looks at) this from my point of view as a white college-educated person, which is one of the few demographics that Trump has not increased his share of the vote with, and I can tell you that the party’s message is too focused on me .”

To win back working-class voters, Democrats must “become more populist and ambitious,” according to The Guardian. There is also an opportunity to arrest people who “voted for Trump not because they were committed to MAGA, but out of frustration with the status quo.” Instead of spending time and money “listening to the consulting class that loves Liz Cheney and the cable ad buying gurus,” Democrats need the “kind of political determination that led Susie Wiles to move Florida firmly to the right wave and allowed Republicans to paint Texas.” deep red,” the newspaper said, referring to Trump’s campaign manager and new chief of staff.

There were “good policies, but the American people and Southerners need to feel it in their guts,” Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, told the Times. When the Democrats are talking about the outrage of the day in Washington DC, and you’re talking about the crazy thing a politician said last night, and then you’re talking about jobs, you’re only talking about jobs a third of the time .” Beshear and others have pointed to this shift in dialogue as one of the key drivers for Democrats over the next four years.

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